“Harvard graduate students are voting on whether to unionize this week. If they win, they’ll join a growing trend of graduate students unionizing to fight stagnant wages, stingy health plans — and longstanding gender imbalances in academia.” How unions can help end academia’s gender inequalities, via Feministing.

“Women candidates have to prove they are qualified; for men, their qualifications are assumed. Right out of the gate, voters have a harder time believing a woman celebrity has the qualifications needed for the job than a male celebrity.” The political double standards facing Cynthia Nixon, via Ms. Magazine.

“Ireland has seen many shifts in the social, political and economical landscape in the past twenty years. These changes have allowed for a greater dialogue around some of the country’s darker issues: domestic violence, social oppression of women, cases of sexual abuse from the church, political, gang and drug-related crime.” 7 crime novels from Irish women, via Electric Lit.

“I’ve always considered myself to be a well-informed person, which I why the depth of my financial illiteracy was such a hard pill to swallow. I had no idea what I didn’t know and it was incredibly frustrating trying to catch up.” How I’m correcting my financial illiteracy, via The Everygirl.